The New Wine Rules: A Genuinely Helpful Guide to Everything You Need to Know

Nice little book. A quick read with outstanding guidance. It is genuinely helpful as the title implies. Drink with Joy..

I agree with many of the other reviewers that Jon's book is enjoyable for both novices and veteran wine drinkers or producers/sommeliers. Jon's approach is refreshing. I found myself thinking a lot about snobby wine rules - such as what kind of glass to use - which are not always relevant. I don't completely agree with Jon about topics such as sustainability (it is important to think about how to sustain the environment, climate change and the communities around wine, while still being able to pay salaries,) but throughout the book, even the things I somewhat disagreed with made me think more deeply about wine. Wine is deep, wine is art, wine is the most romantic food in the world because of its diversity and history. Jon's book ends up being a lot more than a book about "wine rules."

Lots of good, relevant information for the novice and interested “wino”, and actually also OK as repetition for the intermediate, who will probably recognize most of the info as something they have picked up during their first 10 years as aficionados in spe...

This is a great, well written, concise book filled with real world information. If you're a professional somm or high end wine snob than this isn't for you, but for us few glasses a week consumers this is filled with useful information.

Despite this being one of the top recommended books for Somalia, it is written for people that don’t even know how to properly open a bottle of wine. This may be helpful for young people without any knowledge or experience how to approach their journey to wine appreciation. But for anyone with even a moderate level of wine knowledge, this is more than pedestrian.

This book is how I have come to enjoy wine. It is a reaffirmation that a person enjoys their wine the best when they have learned to relax into the buying and drinking of their favorite wines regardless of the current fashions or any of the “rules” the experts would have them follow. Have fun, try many wines and develop your own fashions of enjoyment.

This book contains valuable reminders and new ideas even for the experienced, long-term wine lover. Concise, to the point, with just the right notes of seriousness and humor. The chart showing which wines were in and out of fashion at the time the book was published made me smile because it illustrated the extent to which we are all influenced by the general Zeitgeist.

The book is as entitled - a rule book :-) It has definitions and explanations of what each term means and ideas how to explore wines. It's very unpretentious and down to earth without being dumbed down. A good purchase.

Best book with the tips

I love this series of books, because they are so approachable and easy to read. The author packs a lot into this book without being overly wordy or going into unnecessary detail. This book will take you from knowing nothing to knowing quite a lot about how to appreciate and enjoy It’s completely changed the way that I drink wine and I get a lot more enjoyment from drinking wine now.

Easy readying. Helps if you are a beginner like me. Interesting and not too overwhelming. The right book if you want to gain a basic understanding of wine and still feeling that you excited to learn more.

If you, like me are almost entirely new to wine, this is a great start. Now I feel I need to read (and drink) a bit more.

Bought as a present so haven't read it, did have a flick through and looks as if it's got some good information. Arrived quickly and expected of a new book in excellent condition.